Example sentences of "took a long time [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Type-cases too were heavy , and if one fell it took a long time to sort out the type again . |
| 2 | And the City took a long time to wake up to Europe 's moves towards monetary union ; its bid to host a European central bank was made later than most others . |
| 3 | Now 43 , she is married with a two-year-old daughter and says it took a long time to settle down to a ‘ normal life ’ . |
| 4 | It took a long time to get round to the subject of Silvia and Jeff . |
| 5 | Erm it took a long time to get round to it , you know , the , the agreement to the twenty thousand . |
| 6 | But many of the boys took a long time to get over their paralysed state . |
| 7 | It took a long time to figure out how his hair goes . |
| 8 | Doubtless Mr Pickard was pleased to have the support of the medical men of the town — a great fillip to his trade — though it is questionable whether he would have received like acclamation from the superintendent of Lichfield Cemetery , for iron coffins , as well as lead shells , took a long time to break down if deposited in the soil . |
| 9 | The Geometricks styler took a long time to heat up . |